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Molly Smith, Arena Stage’s artistic director, was drinking coffee and reading the newspaper at home in early May, taking in stories about life during the pandemic.

With a wave of protests turning the nation’s focus to racism and police violence, the largest school system in Maryland is rethinking whether uniformed officers should be based inside its public schools.

For 13 days–day after day, and night after night—demonstrators shared their grief, their anger, their fear, their demands, their joy, their hope for change, and so much more with our reporters.

Southwest Soda Pop Shop wasn't sure it would survive the pandemic—then a tweet took off.

The nonprofit Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE) is launching pop-up coronavirus testing this weekend along D.C.’s protest routes — following a week of long lines and wait times at the city’s walk-up centers.

It's been two years since officers fatally shot her son. Police have not released body-camera footage of the incident.

When it comes to sports betting in D.C., gamblers say the odds are stacked too high against them.

The District passed a somber milestone on Thursday: more than 500 residents dead from COVID-19.

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Two years after 22-year-old D.C. resident Marqueese Alston was shot and killed by D.C. police, Georgetown Law’s Civil Rights Clinic has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the District of Columbia and the individual officers involved in…

An annual count of the region’s homeless population, released this week, shows broad improvements. But the report, taken from a single-day count in January, doesn’t reflect the current reality impacted by COVID-19—and, in fact, forecasts a…

The Department of Defense is reviewing the National Guard’s controversial role in nationwide racial justice protests over the past few weeks.

The death toll from the novel coronavirus surpassed 500 in the nation’s capital on Wednesday. District health officials report that 375 of the 506 fatalities have been African American, 65 have been Hispanic and 54 have been white. Blacks…

In the early days of the protests in D.C. prompted by the death of George Floyd, many businesses boarded up their storefront windows.

The District passed a somber milestone on Thursday: more than 500 residents dead from COVID-19.

Thanks to an expansion of the number of protected bike lanes, adding access to Capital Bikeshare and new efforts promote bike safety for elementary school students, D.C. is one of the best places to ride a bike in North America, according…

Streets in downtown Washington and along the Mall will be closed Sunday and possibly part of Saturday for demonstrations that are expected as protesters continue to call for an end to racial injustice following the death of George Floyd in…

For as long as we Americans have been Americans, we’ve complained about taxes. Many of us complain that tax burdens are too heavy, a few complain that tax burdens are too light, and nearly everyone complains about the distribution of the…

D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee on Thursday defended the use of police officers in the city’s public schools, saying law enforcement and security guards are critical to student safety.

Where law enforcement had lined up behind riot shields, there now stood seven trash cans, overflowing with the pungent residue of a historic week of protests.